Bag-closure.



No. 807,579. PATENTED DEG. 19, 1905. J. ROGERS.

BAG CLOSURE.

APPLGATION FILED MAR. 18. 1905.

l'tvermfor: y y /M/a y 0766 JOHN ROGERS, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 1 9, 1905.

Application filed March 18, 1905. Serial No. 250,800.

To all whom it 11m/y concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN ROGERS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bag-Closures, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is a closure for the tops of bags which are subject to reuse, such as the heavy cotton, duck, or vjute bags which are employed for shipping cement, lime, &c.

The closure comprises a straight tubular holder which has a longitudinal open-ended slot in its side, thus providing clamping edges with an intermediate space sufficient to ref ceive two thicknesses of the bag material. One of the edges near the end of the slot is preferably notched. The bag to receive this holder has a straight top, and its edges are turned over and stitched down to provide hems consisting of a double or treble thickness of material. In use the bag is filled and the holder is pushed onto and across the top of the bag, with its edges beneath the hems, the side seam of the bag entering the notched edge of the holderand locking it in place.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the upper end of a bag with the holder in place. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the upper end of a bag with the holder partially removed. Fig. 3 is a bottom view of the holder, and Fig. 4 is a transverse vertical section through the holder and the top end of the bag closed there The holder 1 is a straight tube, preferably a round tube of thin steel. In one side of the tube is a longitudinal slot 2, which eX- tends to a point 3 near one end of the tube. The other end of the slot is open and the corners 4 are rounded. A notch 5 is'formed in one of the edges near theopen end of the slot.

The bag 6 has a straight top, and the edges are turned over and stitched down to provide-hems 7 7 consisting, as shown in Fig. 4, of three thicknesses of material. The side of the bag is closed by the usual seam.8, and the cord by which the side seam is sewed is cut off at'some distance from the top of the bag to leave a projecting end 9.

l In use the bag is filled), the hems at its upper end are inserted into the end of the holder 1, the edges of the holder pressing the sides of the bag together beneath the hems, and the holder is then forced entirely across the top of the bag, bringing the opposite sides into contact and closing the mouth. The rounded corners 4 at the open end of the slot facilitate the application of the holder. The side seam 8 springs into the notch 5, andthe holder is thereby locked in place. To remove the holder, the side seam is removed from'the notch 5, preferably by a pull on the cord en d 9, and the holder is slipped off.

This bag-closure not only saves the cost of tie-strings, but enables the bag to be more nearly filled than when string is used. The strain of the contents is distributed along the entire length of the bag top, whereas the usual tie-string presses hard on the material of the bag at a few points, so that the top is soon worn through. The bag can be both closed and opened more quickly than when tied with string, and cutting of the bag by a vknife used to cut the tie-string is avoided.

The holder can be applied without injuring the hands of the workmen and beinClr rigid and strong forms a convenient handle for shifting the filled bags.

I claim- 1. The combination of a bag having a` straight top with marginal hems, and a straight rigid holder having a passage to receive said hems and spaced edgesto clampy the sides of the bag beneath said hems, as set forth.

2. The combination of a bag having a straight top with marginal hems, and a holder consisting of a straight, rigid tube having a longitudinal open-ended slot in its side to receive said hems, as set forth.

3. The combination of a bag having a straight top with marginal hems, and a holder consisting of a straight, rigid tube having a longitudinal slot in its side to receive said hems, one end of said slot being open and the other end being closed, as set forth.

4. The combination with a bag having a straight top with marginal hems and a side seam, of a holder consisting of a tube having a longitudinal open-ended slot in its side to receive said hems, and a notch in one edge of said slot near its open end, as set forth.

5. The combination with a bag having a IOO straight top With marginal hems and a side l in its side, and a notch in one edge of said slot seam having a cord projecting from its upper near its open end, as set forth. 1o

end, of a holder consisting of a tube having a In testimony whereof I afX my signature longitudinal open-ended slot in its side to rein presence of two Witnesses.

ceive said herns, and a notch in one edge of JOHN ROGERS said slot near its open end, as set forth. v

6. A bag-closing device, consisting of a tube having a longitudinal open-ended slot Witnesses FRANK STONE, KENT M. AUSTIN. 

